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Modern dance company Lucky Plush Productions’ performance of Cinderbox 2.0 intrigued audience members with a hybrid production of modern dance and theater at Meredith College’s Jones Auditorium on Friday and Saturday. According to assistant director and choreographer of Lucky Plush
Anna Argentine, freshman in fashion and textile management
Production Julia Rhodes, the idea for the performance sprung from her fascination with reality television. “I was struck by my late-night attraction to the worst of the worst of it,” Rhodes said. “The shows cause tension in the audience
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Kiplinger’s acknowledges N.C. State as best-buy university Jess Thomas Staff Writer
N.C. State is recognized for its affordable value for both in-state and out-of-state students, according to a recent study published in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, The list consisted of 100 public universities, which it ranked according to the best value they provide for in-state and out-of-state students. The rankings of the list were determined by admission rates, fouryear graduation rate, average debt at graduation and net cost. N.C. State placed 16th in the nation for in-state students and 15th for out-of-state students. The average cost of attending N.C. State is $9,338 for in-state students and $22,793 for out-of state students. Krista Domnick, the director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid at N.C. State, said her department assists the university by taking into consideration the financial needs of students. “The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid ensures that the university community is aware of the financial needs of students when
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N.C. State and NASA continue relationship in light of budget cuts
Katherine Kehoe
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Members of the Ukranian Association of North Carolina gathered outside the State Capital building Saturday afternoon to rally support for their fellow compatriots who are currently facing a political upheaval.
Ukrainians rally to raise awareness Ravi Chittilla Assistant News Editor
About 45 people gathered outside the State Capital in protest of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis Saturday afternoon. Vasyl Shymonyak, president of the Ukrainian Association of North Carolina said the protest was not just to show support for the Ukrainian people, but to raise awareness of the state of Ukrainian politics and collect funds to support the Ukrainian people. “We wanted the public to know what is going on in Ukraine so that they will pressure authorities to take action to make sanctions against members of the ruling Ukrainian government,” Shymonyak said. According to Oleh Wolowyny, a retired professor from UNC-Chapel Hill who continues to work as a research fellow, Ukrainian Americans are frustrated with how the Ukrainian people have been treated
Despite cuts in NASA’s budget, the funding that N.C. State continues to receive from the federal agency is responsible for more than $17.8 million in research and training grants at the University since July 2008. At its peak in 1966, NASA funding amounted to 4.4 percent of the entire federal budget. In 2012, as of fiscal year 2012, that has decreased to 0.48 percent. In other words, for every two dollars the federal government spends, NASA receives a penny. However, despite NASA’s financial situation, Liana Fryer, director of planning and communication for the office of research, innovation, and economic development and said that N.C. State’s relationship with the agency continues to grow in a variety of disciplines, including research in astrophysics, materials sciences and plant biology. According to Fryer, of the $17.8 million, $10.3 million of went to researchers in the mechanical and aerospace engineering departments. Fryer said that N.C. State is also the lead institution in the North Carolina space grant which is a network of academic institutions created to foster development in North Carolinian space-related industries. This organization of 20 academic, governmental and private sector partners has garnered $12 million for North Carolina’s economy. These grants have served to finance many projects across a wide variety of disciplines. For example, Fryer said two research teams from N.C. State sent their experi-
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$6 million clubhouse opens on Centennial Estefania Vasquez-Castro Staff Writer
After a year of construction, N.C. State’s new $6 million Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse opened earlier this month, according to Campus Enterprises and clubhouse officials. The clubhouse opened in phases as the previous facilities were emptied starting in December, according to Chip Watson, the clubhouse general manager and an assistant coach for the men’s golf team. Before the clubhouse was built, the golf programs were housed in a series of trailers and had indoor hitting rooms in a structure that was originally designed to hold machinery, according to Robert Wade, director of the N.C. State PGA Golf Management Program. Though the structure was refurbished, Wade said it did not
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The Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse opened earlier this month. The Player’s Retreat dining area is open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The clubhouse was set to open this past December.
compare to having a real clubhouse. “It was kind of like trying to teach physics without a physics lab,” Wade said. “There’s lots of theory, but un-
til you have a place like that, you can’t really enhance the learning.” Watson said he was also relieved to finally have a place near the golf
course available for the golf teams to use. “We kind of lived in the trunk of our cars,” Watson said. “But now we have a place that’s right there where we practice.” The clubhouse has both a golf-pro shop that is run by Carolina’s Golf Group and a restaurant run by Player’s Retreat, according to Watson. There are also several groups benefitting from the new clubhouse, including the PGA program of the College of Natural Resources, the turf grass program and the N.C. State women’s and men’s golf teams, according to Watson and Wade. “We needed a place that brought all the user groups together for the golf course,” Watson said. “And it’s exciting to have this facility with all of the different groups here.” According to Watson, the College
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